English
vivacity
Vivacity comes from Latin vīvācitās ‘natural vigor, vital force, vivaciousness,…’, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō ‘to live, to be alive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwō‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvāx‘vivacious, lively’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvācitās‘natural vigor, vital force, vivaciousness, tenaciousness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612vivacity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷíh₃weti‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gʷīwō‘to live, to be alive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvāx‘vivacious, lively’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīvācitās‘natural vigor, vital force, vivaciousness, tenaciousness’
- Englishearliest quotation 1612vivacity
Earliest quotation: 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Youth and Age: “But reposed natures may do well in youth. […]…”
Formed from -acity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’
biology, kidney, hygiene, viable, vitamin, revive, zodiac, anaerobic, quicken, quicksilver, vitality, quickness, biogenesis, wyvern, 58 more
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós ‘alive, living’
through Latin vīvō
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being vivacious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti / vivacity